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What Causes Swollen Eyes?

Posted on Mon, 3 Nov 2014

Question: Doctor i am suffering from swelling in eyes so please suggest some remedy

Answered by Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Looks like infection of eye.

Detailed Answer:
I have seen your image, It looks like infection.
I would like to know few more details.
Since when are you having swelling?
Do you have swelling of other eye as well?
Is it itchy?
Any discharge from eyes?

Kindly get back tome with details.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash (52 minutes later)

It is a small boil & only on one eye and I have traveled a lot in dusty environment after that this happened I think I am alergic to dust and it happened to me earlier also many times .There is no discharge as such from eyes only tears and little pain and sometimes itchy around pimple.

Answered by Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
small boil on one eye.

Detailed Answer:
It can be a stye, it is infection of the glands present in the eye lid.
Maintain hygiene of face and eye lid. Clean with sterile swab. Treatment is Appellation. The pus will come out. Clean with swab and apply neosporin eye ointment. Can take levocetrizine 5mg tablet daily, give some warm compression.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari

Follow up: Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash (15 hours later)

It has swelled more can you suggest antibiotic

Answered by Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
ofloxacin.3% 4th hourly and neosporine eye ointment.

Detailed Answer:
Apply ofloxacin .3% eye drop 4th hourly. 2 drops in both eyes. Neosporine eye ointment at bed time.

Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju